Pentatonic “Is the Music an Expression of Your State of Being, Or is it Something You're Just Taking On?” Vernon Reid Talks Jazz, Theory and the Spirit of the Blues The Living Colour guitarist gets real in this interview from the GP archives. Here’s Some Blues You Can Really Use Improve your playing with this master class on everything you need to know for better blues. Pentatonic Substitutions: How and Where to Use Them Learn some more musically useful and colorful applications of a familiar scale. Grid List Latest Pentatonic Beyond the Box: Five Phrases to Get You Out of the Pentatonic Rut By Guitar Player Staff published 16 April 21 Five ways to push the pentatonic box’s boundaries and even break them altogether. An Introduction to Pentatonic Substitutions By Tom Kolb published 7 April 21 In part one of this two-part lesson, learn some new and musically colorful applications of a familiar scale. No More Boring Solos! Master the Minor Pentatonic Scale By Mac Randall published 19 June 20 Learn three techniques that can completely alter the way you approach the minor pentatonic. How to Hack the Five Pentatonic Scale Shapes By Vinnie DeMasi published 11 June 20 Learn how to use the five pentatonic box shapes in real-time soloing over a groove or song. Spruce Up Your Pentatonic Scales with Note-Repositioning By Vinnie DeMasi published 17 April 20 Conceptualizing your scales as a collection of notes that relate to one another and not just as a set pattern to be played in position by rote can open up a number of musical doors Soar Along the Neck with the Minor Pentatonic Scale's Overlapping Patterns By Tom Kolb published 16 April 20 Learn the five pentatonic box patterns and how to connect them like interlocking jigsaw puzzle pieces along the fretboard. The Pick Newsletter Name: Your Email Address : Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors Thank you for signing up to The Pick. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST READ1Watch Acid Rockers Quicksilver Messenger Service Perform Their Celebrated Show Opener, “Fresh Air”2Watch Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton’s Surly "Brand New Cadillac" Music Video3Get a Massive 35% Off This Squier Stratocaster Pack in Fender’s ‘12 Days of Deals’ Sale4Watch Moby Grape’s Historic “Hey Grandma” Performance at the Monterey Pop Festival 5Watch Tame Impala Perform Their Debut Album Live in Its Psychedelic Entirety
Beyond the Box: Five Phrases to Get You Out of the Pentatonic Rut By Guitar Player Staff published 16 April 21 Five ways to push the pentatonic box’s boundaries and even break them altogether.
An Introduction to Pentatonic Substitutions By Tom Kolb published 7 April 21 In part one of this two-part lesson, learn some new and musically colorful applications of a familiar scale.
No More Boring Solos! Master the Minor Pentatonic Scale By Mac Randall published 19 June 20 Learn three techniques that can completely alter the way you approach the minor pentatonic.
How to Hack the Five Pentatonic Scale Shapes By Vinnie DeMasi published 11 June 20 Learn how to use the five pentatonic box shapes in real-time soloing over a groove or song.
Spruce Up Your Pentatonic Scales with Note-Repositioning By Vinnie DeMasi published 17 April 20 Conceptualizing your scales as a collection of notes that relate to one another and not just as a set pattern to be played in position by rote can open up a number of musical doors
Soar Along the Neck with the Minor Pentatonic Scale's Overlapping Patterns By Tom Kolb published 16 April 20 Learn the five pentatonic box patterns and how to connect them like interlocking jigsaw puzzle pieces along the fretboard.
